‘Mercury is in a Very Ape-Like Mood’: Frieda Harris’s Perception of Thelema

Abstract Frieda, Lady Harris, wife of Sir Percy Harris, Liberal M.P. and party Chief Whip, created the magnificent Tarot paintings that underpin Aleister Crowley’s The Book of Thoth . Harris conformed to the conventional appearance of a respectable middle-class lady until she was in her sixties. How...

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Main Author: Whitehouse, Deja (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Aries
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 125-152
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Harris, Frieda 1877-1962 / Crowley, Aleister 1875-1947 / Thelemites / Crowley-Thoth tarot
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AZ New religious movements
Further subjects:B The Book of Thoth
B Tarot
B Frieda Harris
B Thelema
B Aleister Crowley
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